Truck Driver Management

James Tucker

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A dependable, initiative-driven and hardworking 20+ year career Ironworker seeking fast-paced challenging role in manufacturing or distribution channels. Tenacious in establishing long term client relationships, securing customer loyalty, and forging strong partnerships with internal and external business partners. A detail oriented team leader with exceptional coaching and mentoring abilities with proven results.

Skills

Effective interpersonal and communication with all levels of personnel, management, customers and vendors

Critically analyzing and problem solving in order to deliver safe, timely precision work

Thrives in a high pressure quality results environment with challenging deadlines and multi-faceted project scopes

Team player, co-managing and delivering projects in a reliable, safe, timely and on-budget manner

Professional Experience

Local Ironworkers 393, Aurora IL 1989 – Current

Journeyman

Construction iron-worker supporting and contributing to the building of: bridges, schools, hospitals, natural gas power plants with other tradesman and numerous post tension projects. Works with heavy equipment, precision lifts and heavy machinery.

Competent with blueprints, production schedules and client orders of product for project and shipping manifests

High impact critical clearance government projects alongside Integrated Safety Management Team

Used cranes and man power to unload trucks of steel and rebar and staging it in the area where it needs to be used

Used and ordered harness and all other means of fall and safety equipment for employees and self

Yellow Freight, Montgomery IL 2007 – 2009

Truck Driver

Operated semi-tractor trailer trucks on local delivers and pickups of customers’ products and equipment to be shipped nation-wide.

Combo driver of doubles, vans, pup trailers and straight trucks to local businesses and customers for pick up and deliveries

Loaded semi-trailers at the terminal with forklift and manually at times to get the most out of the trailer space

Proficient with directions and locations by using and reading a 7 county atlas, maps or a GPS system to make deliveries and pickups on time

Used 2 way radio to check with dispatch for delivery schedules and pick-up freight information

American Bare Conductor, Sycamore IL 2003 – 2007

Scale

Operated and maintained a service schedule on a Toledo 10,000# scale to calculate the shipping weights of strand, rolled and braided bare copper wire.

Loaded and prepped semi-trailers for up to 78” wooden and steel reels of strand, braided and rolled copper wire

Reported unsafe equipment and conditions to management that needed to be taken out of service for the safety of the operator and product

Organized orders and staged product to maximize space in warehouse and product until shipping dates posted

Worked with other departments to keep up on inventories and ordering of bare copper, pallets, wooden reels

Kept shipping records and bill of sales of different orders and inventories of shipped, warehoused and scrap copper wire

Education & Qualifications:

Journeyman, Local Ironworkers 393, Aurora, IL 1989 – 1991

Associates Degree, Anticipated 2013 Graduation, Kishwaukee College, DeKalb, IL GPA: 3.75/4.0 2005 – Current

CDL, Endorsements: Doubles, Tanker, Haz-Mat 2007 – Current

OSHA 30-hour class trained 2011 – 2016

Forklift Certified (Stand-up & Sit-down) 2006 – Current

Lock-out Tag-out Trained 2005 – 2015

Man-lift (Boom & Scissors-lift) Certified 2005 – Current

10,000# Toledo Scale Operation 2003

Welding Certified (Vertical-up 1” Plate & Gas Welding) 1991 – Current

Power Tool Operation Proficiency (Jackhammer, Hilti, Air-Impact 2”, Power Concrete Saw, etc) 1991 – Current

References Available Upon Request

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